The Mean Annual Tuition and Fees for a Sample of 11

question 153

Multiple Choice

The mean annual tuition and fees for a sample of 11 private colleges was $\$ 34,100$ with a standard deviation of $\$ 5400$ A dotplot shows that it is reasonable to assume that the population is approximately normal. You wish to test whether the mean tuition and fees for private colleges is different from $\$ 35,700$ .
State a conclusion regarding $H _ { 0 }$ . Use the $\alpha = 0.10$ level of significance.

• A) There is not enough information to draw a conclusion.
• B) Do not reject \(H _ { 0 }\).
• There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the mean annual tuition and fees is different from \(\$ 35,700\).
• C) Reject \(H _ { 0 }\). The mean annual tuition and fees appears to be different from \(\$ 35,700\).

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